Meituan Dianping announced at the 2019 On-demand Delivery Industry Conference that it will invest RMB 11 billion (USD 1.65 billion) this year to support merchants to upgrade their operations and drive the robust growth of China's Delivery Economy. Meituan will make the investment to support merchants in their marketing efforts, digital upgrades, and supply chain services, as well as to provide awards and incentives for innovation. Meituan will also leverage its platform advantages to provide comprehensive services for merchants, including marketing, delivery, IT, supply chain, operations, and finance, to meet merchants' business upgrading needs, and to help improve the efficiency of its delivery ecosystem.